Werner Wirth (Chief of Police)

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Werner Wirth (born October 8, 1922 in Rheinbay ( Boppard ), † April 27, 2007 in Bensberg ) was a German lawyer and police chief of Leverkusen .

Live and act

Werner Wirth graduated from high school in Linz am Rhein in 1941 and was then called up for Reich Labor Service and finally for military service. On the Russian front in 1942 he was wounded through the lung. In 1943 he was sent back to the Eastern Front as senior ensign of the artillery , survived the Cherkassy basin in 1944 and was awarded the Iron Cross . At the end of the war, the Americans deployed him as a local commandant in northern Italy .

In 1946 he began to study law in Mainz and passed the first state examination in law in 1949. After the Great State Examination in Law in 1952, he was a judge at the Cologne District Court . In 1953 he moved to the Cologne Regional Council , where he worked in various departments. During this time he was appointed government councilor and in 1959 he was appointed deputy chief of police in Duisburg . There he became senior councilor and in 1963 government director.

In 1966 Wirth moved from Duisburg to Leverkusen , where he became the head of the local police department. He held this office until his retirement in 1987, from 1983 as police chief. In his early days in Leverkusen, the new police headquarters were built on Heymannstrasse. In 1974/75, Wirth also headed the Neuss district police authority.

In addition to this activity, he held a teaching position for civil servant law at the Hiltrup Police Management Academy . He was also a full member of the Working Group of Police Presidents of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Focus of work

In order to bring the police into close and fruitful contact with the citizens of Leverkusen, schools, associations, municipal offices and the Bayerwerk, Wirth wrote a circular in 1967 to 155 places in which he announced the intensification of police public relations work . He emphasized the citizens' own protection and asked them to contact the police with current questions. Topic suggestions for lecture events were defined from the response. In the period that followed, these were continuously developed and carried out as a preventive education. They were very well received by the public and also created the desired direct contact in the event of problems.

Werner Wirth put people above the files in his work and also saw the people behind the crime in crimes. His approachable and authoritative manner as well as his musical talent - Wirth played the violin and piano on various occasions such as the traditional prince reception - promoted understanding between the police and the public.

death

Wirth, who lived in Bergisch Gladbach-Bensberg from 1960 until his death at the age of 84 , was buried on May 3, 2007 in the Bensberg cemetery.

Awards

  • 1972 Knight of Humor as 'Werner the Powerful' at KG Wiesdorfer Rheinkadetten
  • 1984 Maltese badge in gold
  • 1985 Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon "for maintaining security and good contact with citizens"

Publications

  • Annual reports from 1966 to 1982 of the Leverkusen police department
  • Annual reports 1983 to 1987 of the Leverkusen police headquarters

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Werner Wirth died. In: Rheinische Post . April 30, 2007, accessed August 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Ex-Police Chief Wirth passed away. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . April 30, 2007, accessed August 15, 2018 .
  3. ^ WAZ of April 7, 1961
  4. ^ From the front to the stage, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, January 18, 1966
  5. ↑ Who can be angry with him ?, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, October 2, 1987
  6. ↑ The police brought closer to the citizens, Rundschau of November 20, 1987
  7. ^ First always human, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, November 20, 1987
  8. ↑ Relatively close to Einstein, Rheinische Post from November 20, 1987
  9. ^ An unwilling pensioner, Rheinische Post, October 7, 1987
  10. ^ Neuss again has a police director, NGZ from April 30, 1975
  11. ^ Circular letter from the police: Citizens should help, Leverkusener Rundschau of November 11, 1967
  12. ^ High noon at the police, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, February 3, 1978
  13. ↑ The police chief crossed a brisk sheet, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, February 15, 1980
  14. ^ The belly dancer at the police station, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, February 7, 1986
  15. ↑ A fool beats the police chief for the 19th 'Ritter des Humors', Leverkusener Rundschau New Year's Eve 1971
  16. ↑ Police chief brought to his knees, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, January 24, 1972
  17. ^ Improved contact with the citizen, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, July 26, 1985
  18. ↑ Order for President Wirth, Leverkusener Rundschau of July 26, 1985
  19. ↑ a b Leverkusen City Archives LW 1.11 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Wirth, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and police chief of Leverkusen
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Rhine Bay
DATE OF DEATH April 27, 2007
Place of death Bensberg